How to delete all emails from apple mail

To delete all emails from Apple Mail on your Mac or iOS device, follow these steps:

Method 1: Delete all emails from the Mail app on Mac

  1. Open the Mail app on your Mac.
  2. Click on "Mail" in the top menu bar and select "Edit" > "Select All" (or use the keyboard shortcut Command+A).
  3. This will select all emails in the inbox.
  4. Right-click (or control-click) on one of the selected emails and choose "Delete" (or use the keyboard shortcut Command+Delete).
  5. Confirm that you want to delete all selected emails by clicking "Delete" in the pop-up dialog box.

Method 2: Delete all emails from the Mail app on iOS

  1. Open the Mail app on your iOS device.
  2. Tap on the "Edit" button in the top-right corner of the screen.
  3. Tap on "Select All" at the top of the screen.
  4. This will select all emails in the inbox.
  5. Tap on the "Trash" button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. Confirm that you want to delete all selected emails by tapping "Delete" in the pop-up dialog box.

Method 3: Delete all emails using the Mailbox menu

  1. Open the Mail app on your Mac or iOS device.
  2. Click on "Mailbox" in the top menu bar (on Mac) or tap on the "Mailbox" button in the top-left corner of the screen (on iOS).
  3. Select "Empty Trash" from the dropdown menu (on Mac) or tap on "Edit" > "Select All" > "Trash" (on iOS).
  4. Confirm that you want to delete all emails by clicking "Empty Trash" (on Mac) or tapping "Delete" (on iOS).

Note: Before deleting all emails, make sure you have backed up your emails to iCloud or another backup service, in case you need to recover them later.